Elie Saab runway celebrates Game of Thrones’ warrior queens of fashion

From tumbling locks and feathered gowns to armour-like catsuits, the Lebanese designer’s collection was reminiscent of fearless women from a faraway land

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Models present ethereal creations by Elie Saab during the 2017-2018 fall/winter haute couture collection in Paris. Photo: AFP

Published: 3:19pm, 6 Jul 2017Updated: 3:19pm, 6 Jul 2017

As Game of Thrones returns to television screens this month, it seems it’s also returned to the thoughts of designer Elie Saab, whose atelier collection was reminiscent of the stylised fantasy show.

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The chain-mail dresses and armour-like catsuits, from the fashion powerhouse, were the stars of its Paris haute couture runway on Wednesday.

A model wears one of Elie Saab’s gold embroidered gowns during the 2017-18 autumn/winter haute couture collection. Photo: AFP

In fact, the splendours of the medieval court, with its warrior queens and ethereal princesses, gave Saab the perfect narrative for his signature embroidered gowns in his collection this season.

Like the locks, gowns also flowed long at Elie Saab. Photo: AFP

Like maidens straight out of an Arthurian legend, models, with their tumbling tresses caught in jewelled gold circlets, wore long gowns in pale shades, ground-sweeping coats and hooded cloaks, embroidered with heraldic and pastoral symbols.